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Curriculum

Teaching-learning process in educational endeavor can take place when there is

curriculum available as its main reference. In the beginning, the UT curriculum was
developed jointly with content experts from the state universities. In the next stage, the
UT academic staff develop the curriculum themselves and then external experts are

invited to review the curriculum. Additionally, some UT partners also request UT to

develop the curriculum, then followed by joint discussion about the curriculum. In both
cases, a curriculum review process is conducted jointly by UT and its external partners
irrespective of whether the curriculum development has been initiated by the UT experts

themselves or by the external experts. The UT partners in curriculum development include

those content experts from the state universities as well as from the stakeholders, such as
experts from the industries, business, entrepreneurs, and other users.

Learning Materials

The learning materials

(module) developed by UT are
categorized into printed

materials and non-printed
materials , such as those in the

form of audio/video recordings
and broadcasting. Like

curriculum development,
learning material development

also involves experts from the
state universities. However,

there are also possibilities of
involving experts coming from
Utprinted learning materials

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